Society

Fins Twisting

Fins Twisting Fins Twisting

What lies beneath.

Jan 20, 2022 / OppArt / Liza Donnelly

Students walk through a hallway lined with blue lockers.

Some Kids Have Returned to In-Person Learning Only to Be Kicked Right Back Out Some Kids Have Returned to In-Person Learning Only to Be Kicked Right Back Out

While some school districts are responding to a pandemic-driven surge in student misbehavior with mental health support and disciplinary alternatives, others are suspending kids.

Jan 20, 2022 / Tara García Mathewson

Pro-Life Demonstrators Face Pro-Choice Demonstrators

Pro-Life Charity Comes With a Catch Pro-Life Charity Comes With a Catch

Anti-choice organizations claim they’ll provide help to pregnant women in a post-Roe world. Where have they been?

Jan 20, 2022 / Column / Katha Pollitt

A man in a sleeveless red shirt receives a Covid vaccine in front of a tarp.

What We Owe People Experiencing Homelessness in the US What We Owe People Experiencing Homelessness in the US

Much of the foundational data about Covid-19 came from people without housing and those who work with them.

Jan 20, 2022 / Joshua Barocas

President Joe Biden

Biden Asks the Best Question: “What Are Republicans For?” Biden Asks the Best Question: “What Are Republicans For?”

At his press conference, the president tried to get the media to examine the GOP as intensely as they grilled him about his poll numbers and inflation troubles. It’s unlikely to wo...

Jan 20, 2022 / Joan Walsh

Mike Tomlin

How to Change the NFL’s Racist Hiring Practices How to Change the NFL’s Racist Hiring Practices

There is now one Black head coach in the NFL, and the league could buckle under the weight of its bigotry.

Jan 20, 2022 / Dave Zirin

What’s Really Behind the Microsoft-Activision Deal

What’s Really Behind the Microsoft-Activision Deal What’s Really Behind the Microsoft-Activision Deal

It isn’t the end of the console wars but the start of the metaverse wars.

Jan 19, 2022 / Elie Mystal

I Am a Man

I Am a Man I Am a Man

Black Lives Matter.

Jan 19, 2022 / OppArt / Kirk Maynard

Learning From Decades of Public Health Failure

Learning From Decades of Public Health Failure Learning From Decades of Public Health Failure

A conversation with George Aumoithe on the history of disease prevention, the economic roots of the crisis American hospitals face, and why we need to do better.

Jan 19, 2022 / Q&A / Daniel Steinmetz-Jenkins

Rand Paul Abandons His Hippocratic Oath to Play Politics During a Pandemic

Rand Paul Abandons His Hippocratic Oath to Play Politics During a Pandemic Rand Paul Abandons His Hippocratic Oath to Play Politics During a Pandemic

The senator from Kentucky’s “Fire Fauci” crusade is a crude scheme to exploit fears and raise campaign cash, and Dr. Anthony Fauci called him out on it.

Jan 19, 2022 / John Nichols

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